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Modern Trends in Europe and America; The Harlem Renaissance "Harlem Sweeties" by Langston Hughes

Flavor Harlem of mine! Walnut or cocoa, Let me repeat: Caramel, brown sugar, A chocolate treat. Molasses taffy,

Coffee and cream, Licorice, clove, cinnamon To a honey-brown dream. Ginger, wine-gold, Persimmon, blackberry, All through the spectrum Harlem girls vary So if you want to know beautys Rainbow-sweet thrill, Stroll down luscious, Delicious, fine Sugar Hill.

Langston Hughes, Harlem Sweeties from Collected Poems. Copyright 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Source: Collected Poems (Vintage Books, 1994)

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Langston Hughes 19021967


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